kohlenklau

Version V2 now available, comes with extra mozzarella

This is all caused by me trying to NOT HAVE any panzerfausts issued out to the infantry squads and HQ's. Scouts and breach teams and HMG's and LMG's can be at full ammo level. I set them at that for CSIR PRIMO SANGUE. But I had to purchase the panzerfaust possible units (I call them PPU's) at scarce or severe ammo level and EVEN then the game code can sometimes dole one out. Alright, so I bought the dismounted trucks and had the briefing say that Sophia Loren showed up in a bikini and handed out some ammo crates. So you can top off on the 9mm and 7.92 for the PPU's. I could have added another crate or dialed up the ammo in the 2 crates. What a damn hassle! I wish we had a "no panzerfausts" magic button. CMAK did... To TRY and keep the mood, I do alpha layer "transparent" out the panzerfausts for in game display and the UI weapon slots and now with "script file editing" I can actually have there be no panzerfaust text show up as you mouse over the little UI boxes. I guess you might see an odd puff and explosion if a panzerfaust slips through my attempts and is then used in a battle.

Very nice! The T-34 with the track damage and turret turned to 10 o'clock...is that @JM Stuff's wrecked vehicles mod?

@Artkin as discussed in our PM...

Please remember my number one rule for playing my mods... PLEASE SQUINT A LITTLE WHILE YOU PLAY IT!!!

Kohlenklau 26 February 2022 This new CMRT ITALY Mod is just a discount project. Remember, it does not cost you a thing in time or money. But I hope you find some enjoyment. The Italian Blackshirt uniforms are a combo of stock and Vein's from 2013. Thank you Vein. I made some new icons and some new UI stuff but mostly it goes with the "Juju-Ithikial" UI mod. Thanks to everybody who helps me and encourages me. It has tons of mods and there might be conflicts depending on what other mods you have in your z. I did my best. NOTE FOR Z FOLDER ISSUES: This mod has a folder that should only be in the z folder WHEN you play the scenario, otherwise your script file is hosed up. There is also a new introduction song in Italian, a real toe tapper called "The legend of Piave" (a WW1 battle song) and a splash screen and UI mods. Stuff you don't want in there UNLESS playing the CMRT Italy Mod. If you have lots of extra voices in German, you will probably still hear them. I did mod all stock voices to be Italian. I tried to cover the stock number of slots for helmets and uniforms. So again, if you have extra stuff in your z, then you might see some oddities. If you can, pull that stuff out and keep it outside z safe until AFTER you play this new battle. Viva Italia! Anyway, I hope it plays out smoothly and looks ok! More scenarios on the way soon... Thank you, Phil

In my goody box in the CMRT section is the new mod and the first scenario CSIR PRIMO SANGUE...briefing at the bottom. NOTE FOR Z FOLDER ISSUES: This mod has a folder that should only be in the z folder WHEN you play the scenario, otherwise your script file is hosed up. There is also a new introduction song in Italian, a real toe tapper called "The legend of Piave" (a WW1 battle song) and a splash screen and UI mods. Stuff you don't want in there UNLESS playing the CMRT Italy Mod. If you have lots of extra voices in German, you will probably still hear them. I did mod all stock voices to be Italian. I tried to cover the stock number of slots for helmets and uniforms. So again, if you have extra stuff in your z, then you might see some oddities. If you can, pull that stuff out and keep it outside z safe until AFTER you play this new battle. Viva Italia! ^ CSIR PRIMO SANGUE <First Blood> ...late morning on the heights west of the River Bug. 10 August 1941. The sky is overcast, the wind is light from the east. The ground is slightly damp from recent rains. ^ You are Capitano D'Carlo of the CC.NN. "Camicie Nere" (Blackshirts). Your Blackshirt company is assigned to attack on the Battalion's right flank towards Prybuzhany. Taking Prybuzhany will support crossing the Bug River. The men are jubilant to FINALLY encounter some action after the long trip from Italy. ^ The Soviet rearguards are expected to offer short but intense resistance. They may hold until killed or captured. -OR- They may pull back and try to cross the river themselves. ^ The Company Sergente Maggiore has brought up ammo crates for each squadra (squad) <in your 2 plotone (platoon) binary organization>. Carefully top off the small arms ammo as necessary before commencing the attack. 1 of your 2 plotoni (platoons) has staged down by the wheat fields and should sweep forward and swing out to the right to clear the fields and houses as it moves toward Prybuzhany as your "right hook". Your other plotone is in reserve but is covering your left flank. At about 10 to 15 minutes, they will arrive by the road to provide cover fire for your final assault, or to join the assault. The Battalion has attached 1 HMG and a team of assault engineers to assist you in accomplishing your mission. You have your own section of three light mortars to also support your assault. Mortar ammunition should be conserved as best you can... ^ You have 30 minutes Capitano! Points are awarded for destroying enemy units and occupying the terrain objectives. There are also two parameter bonuses: 1) keep your casualties very low below 10%. 2) destroy most of the enemy, more than 75%.

I am doing the final playtests and this new MOD and its maiden voyage scenario will be released this weekend! It is a big mod, lots of stuff I had to rename and eff with.

Kind of a quick summary on what the C.S.I.R. was...(found at forum.axishistory.com) Organization, transfer, assembly area. Immediately after the declaration of war to the former USSR (June 23, 1941) the Duce proposed to the Führer the sending of an Italian expeditionary force. This not only for reasons of international prestige, but above all to continue with military cooperation on all fronts after the German intervention in Africa and the Balkans. Hitler's response came on June 30: "I accept with gratitude this generous offer, Duce, to send an Italian Corps and Italian fighter to the Eastern Front." Even before the Berlin response, the first units of the Expeditionary Corps had already assembled in Cremona. At the end of its constitution, the C.S.I.R. (Corpo di spedizione italiano in Russia), generally had this composition: A command of Army Corps, that between the directly subordinate formations had three squadrons for aerial observation (61° Gruppo di aviazione Osservazione aerea) and other four of combat (22° Gruppo di aviazione Caccia terrestre), in addition a legion CC.NN. (63a Legione Camicie Nere Tagliamento) as an active contribution of the fascist party in the war against the Soviet Union; Two divisions, "Pasubio" (79° and 80° Rgt. Fanteria and 8° Rgt. Artiglieria) and "Torino" (81° and 82° Rgt Fanteria and 52° Rgt. Artiglieria), so called "autotrasportabili" which did not have a sufficient number of ground transport vehicles, a "Celere" Division (the 3rd, "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" - PADA) with the 3rd Regiment of Bersaglieri, Cavalry Regiments "Savoia Cavalleria" and " Lancieri di Novara ", a group of light tanks L / 3 and a horse-drawn artillery regiment; Nine elements of support, distributed among the various units of the Expeditionary Force, an Intendance of the East, with various services. A total of 2,900 officers, 58,800 men (non-commissioned officers and troops), 5,500 vehicles, 51 combat aircraft, 22 reconnaissance aircraft and 10 S81 transport aircraft. The movement began on July 10, 1941: from Rome, the "Torino" Division; from Verona, the divisions "Pasubio" and "Celere"; From Cremona, the Army Corps' Command. The cities of Marmaros Sziget, Felsoviso and Borsa, in eastern Hungary, were reached by rail; Then the divisions continued on their own to Romanian territory to Hormolui, Falticeni and Suceava, while the HQ settled in Botosani. The movement to transport the entire Expeditionary Force lasted 27 days, required the use of 216 trains, divided into five blocks, and ended on August 5. The distance from the railway discharge zone, 80 km deep, to the assembly area was about 280 km. During the transfer, on July 13, the Commander of the Expeditionary Force, General Francesco Zingales, was forced to interrupt the trip and had to be hospitalized in a clinic in Vienna, affected by pulmonary congestion. On July 17 he was replaced by General Giovanni Messe, who arrived directly at Marmaros Sziget. The Expeditionary Aviation Command (Colonel Carlo Drago) was established in Tudora on July 29, 1941. Sources: http://www.unirr.it/storia/c-s-i-r http://www.unirr.it/memoria/gallerie-im ... tunno-1941# http://digilander.libero.it/lacorsainfi ... russia.htm http://www.ilduce.net/russia.htm The Battle of the two Rivers. The official historiography uses this name to indicate the maneuver carried out by the Germans in August of 1941 to crush the Soviet forces between the rivers Dniester and Bug, in which also participated the Pasubio Division reinforced by the 30º Groupement of artillery and the 1st Motorcycle Company. In particular, the task of the Pasubio was to reach the Bug river north of Voznessensk, proceed along the right bank of the watercourse to Nikolajev and complete the siege of the Soviet bridgehead. The Pasubio detachments, fighting against bad weather and disastrous roads arrived on August 10 in Voznessensk, to continue the next day to the south. A very violent thunderstorm blocked the march of the detachments, while the vanguard under Colonel Epifanio Chiaramonti could advance another 30 kilometers. "At 11:30 a.m. on the day 11 c.m. (August) the column under my command (Col. Epifanio Chiaramonti) vanguard of the Division Pasubio, consisting of the organic regiment (80th Regiment of Infantry of Rome), III. Group of the 8th Artillery, the 1st Bersaglieri motorcycle company, the 114th anti-tank guns and the 1st and 3rd mortars .... (about 4,500 men) received the order to press from Woznesensk (Ukraine), where it had stopped in The afternoon of the previous day to resume the march, always like vanguard of the Pasubio along the route Jastreblinovo ...... towards Nikolaiew to stop the enemy "Thus began the war in the history of Colonel Chiaramonti who met the Enemy in Pokrowskoje, intermediate locality and of unpronounceable name, between two rivers. Here the smallest river for the Italians was like the Po. The Soviets attempted to strike the first columns with artillery and then with machine-gun fire. Colonel Epifanio quickly advanced the Third Artillery Group of Major Rossi to respond to enemy fire and to support the infantrymen's attack. In the fight that followed was mainly engaged the Third Battalion of the 80th Infantry Regiment. The presence of enemy tanks feared the worst, but the prompt response of our artillery forced the enemy to retreat. With the arrival of the other detachments was completed the clearing of the area in which 38 prisoners and other war materials were captured. Two Italians were killed and three wounded. This day also registered the first medal for bravery in Russian land, granted to the Bersaglieri Santino Alfredo Lutri. The next day, still continuing south, the motorcyclists intercepted other enemy units near the village of Yasnaya Polyana, this time strictly participated in the fighting the First Battalion of the 80th Regiment under Major Moscardini. After a violent exchange of artillery fire and mortars, the enemy threatened to break up, even when he chose to retreat, leaving hundreds dead and many prisoners on the field. From the interrogation of the prisoners it was discovered that before the Italian soldiers was the Soviet 469th Rifle Regiment, reinforced by several mortars and three horse-drawn batteries. From the words of Colonel Chiaramonti: "The fight then had unequal characteristics: a battalion, a battery and a mortars company of 81, against a regiment, three batteries, and who knows how many mortars, the opponent has fought hard, and this is shown by his losses. But the infantry of the Pasubio have never been taught to count the enemy, faithful to the order received: forward at any price, in the name of Rome, the proud motto of my 80 " The fight on August 12 had cost 15 dead, including two officers, and 82 wounded. General Schobert, Commander of the 11th German Army, sent General Messe a message in which he wrote that the Pasubio had contributed greatly to the victorious action of his army. Sources: http://www.unirr.it/storia/c-s-i-r http://www.unirr.it/memoria/gallerie-im ... unno-1941# http://digilander.libero.it/lacorsainfi ... russia.htm http://www.ilduce.net/russia.htm

here you go, I put them all in my goody box. grab the one you need... well, not ALL, just the WW2 titles... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/a6h7p81fjbh4xj3/AADWwOZXmmUEE-YXqWkGoOo7a?dl=0

I understand. Definitely.

Nigel, welcome back. FYI There are now several simultaneous threads discussing Stalingrad. That is no big deal to me. I do it all the time. It just sort of happens. Another FYI...In the below thread a guy just said he is actually working on Operation Hubertus scenario right now. I guess you might have yourself a team...? Have fun.

^ CSIR PRIMO SANGUE <First Blood> ...late morning on the heights west of the River Bug. 10 August 1941. The sky is overcast, the wind is light from the east. The ground is slightly damp from recent rains. ^ You are Capitano D'Carlo of the MSVN Italian Blackshirts from the Pasubio Motorized Division. Your Blackshirt company is assigned to attack on the Battalion's right flank towards Prybuzhany. Taking Prybuzhany will support crossing the Bug River. The men are jubilant to FINALLY encounter some action after the long trip from Italy. ^ The Soviet rearguards are expected to offer short but intense resistance. They may hold until killed or captured. -OR- They may pull back and try to cross the river themselves. ^ The Company Sergente Maggiore has brought up ammo crates for each squad <in your 2 platoon binary organization>. Carefully top off the small arms ammo as necessary before commencing the attack. 1 of your 2 platoons has staged down by the wheat fields and should sweep forward and swing out to the right to clear the fields and houses as it moves toward Prybuzhany as your "right hook". Your other platoon is in reserve but is covering your left flank. At about 10 to 15 minutes, they will arrive by the road to provide cover fire for your final assault, or to join the assault. The Battalion has attached 1 HMG and a team of assault engineers to assist you in accomplishing your mission. You have your own section of three light mortars to also support your assault. Mortar ammunition should be conserved as best you can... ^ You have 30 minutes Capitano! Points are awarded for destroying enemy units and occupying the terrain objectives. There are also two parameter bonuses: 1) keep your casualties very low below 10%. 2) destroy most of the enemy, more than 75%.

I just got one used..."CAMPAIGN FORTRESS BUDAPEST"... 16 scenarios to try and recreate in CMRT...later this year most likely. @Kuli @Suchy

oh well, no Camembert, no Champagne, No Bardot, No Remy Martin ...but here is the helmet... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vag5iuopkchywfj/AACAI_DTDpWzwb9qe6SiTnzIa?dl=0 The chinstrap was before ALREADY a bit low and is now still low but the tilt of the Adrian helmet is now better. Check it out...

I am already married but merci for the proposal...(?)

..and I love the R2-D2 there at the bow MG!

This will cost you some Champagne or Camembert. Give me a week or so...<I measured it needs tilted 19 degrees>

...standby...ma'am, please put your feet in the stirrups and I will investigate. OK, I think in CMBN the Sherman II behaves properly no issue with the tank commander. But I only saw the main mdr and no lod-2 and lod-4. I offer here the CMBN Sherman II mdr file to put in CMFI z and which solves the CMFI Sherman II "tank commander is too low in hatch" issue... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nnbm0mw6zlkmyi8/AAAtiLH6y8N99XL57tDnAWXRa?dl=0

At around 59 minutes there is a very odd light tank I have been unable to 100% identify. I THINK it is a studio modified vehicle that is supposed to try to be an Italian L6/40 but the suspension is different. Maybe it IS one but later modified post-war?

VISUALLY... THEN CLICK TACTICAL MAP BUTTON AND BINGO!

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Get paint.net and I can share with you (if you want) my old paint.net files that have some ideas ON SEPARATE LAYERS you can judge if worthy for you. paint.net = paint dot net = pdn What I do is create a new pdn file and START WITH the desired pixel dimensions from the gitgo. Save as your "makes sense" filename. OPMAP FEB24.pdn. Save in a useful easy to find folder for using again and again as needed. Welcome to the club